Last year Alan's Birthday present from his daughter and son in law (Kerry and Chris Varley) was a book written about some mature men walking the coast2coast. It was so inspiring and amusing to read that soon several other people including his wife Gill and 2 close friends (Tim and Carol Suthers) had also been inspired and enjoyed the read.  All 6 of us enjoy our walks and, encouraged by the two youngest (Chris & Kerry), we decided to take up the challenge. Some 192 miles in 13 days will be covered in August this year as our annual holiday.  Whilst doing this we have been encouraged by a few people to make it an event to raise money for charity.

We thought it would be nice to support a local charity in East Anglia and have chosen the East Anglian Air Ambulance Registered Charity: 1083876.  They are a 365 day-a-year life-saving service across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.  The charity is independent of government and National Lottery funding and is entirely dependent on fund-raising and contributions. To keep its two air ambulances flying and to provide the advanced medical equipment they carry over £3 million per year has to be raised. We thought it would be nice to offer our support to them in making this walk not just our holiday and challenge, but also an event to raise some cash to help them in their work.  

On average the EAAA are called to four incidents a day; life threatening situations such as road traffic accidents, incidents involving people in inaccessible places, cardiac arrests. Because of the advanced skills, drugs and equipment found on board, and being able to access places impossible for a land ambulance, the EAAA can make the difference.

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